LeRoi Moore was 46. He was the saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band.
March 20, 2026
In Memoriam
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Isaac Hayes was 65. He was the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards.
Bernie Mac was 50. He was the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show."
Skip Carey was 68. He was a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray.
Leif Pettersen was 57. He played eight CFL seasons with Saskatchewan and Hamilton and worked as a television analyst.
Johnny Griffin was 80. He was the jazz tenor saxophonist who played alongside such luminaries as Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Thelonius Monk.
Randy Pausch was 47. He was the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book.
Estelle Getty was 84. She was the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress best known for playing Sophia Petrillo on the popular 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls.
Bobby Murcer was 62. He was a five-time All-Star outfielder who spent nearly four decades with the New York Yankees as a player, executive and announcer.
Larry Harmon was 83. He turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century.
Dody Goodman was 93. She was the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar's late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
George Carlin was 71. He was a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity. I'll have more from one of my favourite comedians throughout the day.
Cyd Charisse was 86. She was the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
Tim Russert was 58. He was the host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and the network's Washington bureau chief.
Miroslav Dvorak was 56. He was a key defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers for three seasons in the 1980s.
Brian Budd was 56. He was the Canadian soccer player best known for winning ABC's World Superstars championship three years in a row from 1978 to 1980.
Tyrone Jones was 46. He was the colourful and outspoken linebacker who helped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers capture two Grey Cup titles during his eight-year tenure with the CFL club.
Jim McKay was 86. He elegantly covered competitions from badminton to barrel jumping. Yet he may best be remembered for that grim day at the Munich Olympics when he broke the news with three simple words: "They're all gone."
Dwight White was 58. He was the Steel Curtain defensive end known as "Mad Dog" who helped lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s.
Mel Ferrer was 90. He was the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as producer and director of movies starring his wife, Audrey Hepburn.
Sheela Basrur was 51. Her calm demeanour in the face of a terrifying crisis made her a trusted public figure during the deadly SARS outbreak in Toronto five years ago.
Bo Diddley was 79. He was a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians.
Yves Saint-Laurent was 71. He was the iconic French designer who revolutionized fashion by putting women in pants without sacrificing their femininity.
Luc Bourdon was 21. He was a promising rookie defenseman with the Vancouver Canucks who played on the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2007 world junior hockey championship in Vancouver and made the tournament's all-star team.
Harvey Korman was 81. He was the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles."
